Galaxy Note 5 specs leak: 5.66" Quad HD Super AMOLED display, octa-core Exynos 7420, 4GB of RAM; press renders of Galaxy Note 5 and Galaxy S6 edge+ also leak
Galaxy Note 5 (SM-N920) tech specs and S6 edge + leaked — We have a new leak on the upcoming Galaxy Note 5 from @evleaks.
Former DNI Mike McConnell, DHS Secretary Michael Chertoff, and Deputy Secretary of Defense William Lynn back strong encryption in op-ed
Why the fear over ubiquitous data encryption is overblown — Clarification: Due to a production error, a version of this column was temporarily posted prematurely …
New attack on Tor can deanonymize hidden services with surprising accuracy
Deanonymization requires luck but nonetheless shows limits of Tor privacy. — Computer scientists have devised an attack on the Tor privacy network that in certain cases allows them to deanonymize hi...
Why women are leaving tech, and what tech companies can do to increase hiring and retention of women
If you think women in tech is just a pipeline problem, you haven't been paying attention — According to the Harvard Business Review, 41% of women working in tech eventually end up leaving the field ...
Facebook adds Lollapalooza festival content to Place Tips, the first event in Place Tips and first available outside the geographic location
Here's why you might be seeing Lollapalooza all over your Facebook today even though you're not there — Instead of wriggling your way through …
Microsoft's HoloLens will ship to developers ‘within the next year’
Microsoft will release “V1” of its HoloLens virtual reality headset sooner rather than later. CEO Satya Nadella said that the first developer version of the hologram-projecting device will come out “...
Anonymous Obama administration sources say US will retaliate against China for OPM hack and is weighing options that include breaching the Great Firewall
U.S. Decides to Retaliate Against China's Hacking — The Obama administration has determined that it must retaliate against China …
Security experts welcome US Commerce Department's decision to rewrite initial US Wassenaar proposal regarding regulation of cyberweapons
Unusual Re-Do of US Wassenaar Rules Applauded — In spite of self-congratulatory pats on the back from several corners of the security world …
Developer preview of Amazon's Alexa Voice Service now available, allowing manufacturers and hobbyists to integrate Alexa tech into their own devices
Amazon lets anyone put Alexa voice control in their devices — Amazon released the Alexa Appkit last month in hopes that developers …
Inside the failure of Google+, a very expensive attempt to unseat Facebook
Create a social network or risk everything. — That was the original pitch for Google's Facebook rival, Google+, a refrain hammered over and over by the social network's chief architect, Vic Gundotra...
Japanese Police Arrest Mark Karpelès of Collapsed Bitcoin Exchange Mt. Gox
Takashi Mochizuki / Wall Street Journal :
Xiaoice, Microsoft's Chinese chatbot, has a sense of humor, good listening skills, and 20M registered users
For Sympathetic Ear, More Chinese Turn to Smartphone Program — She is known as Xiaoice, and millions of young Chinese pick up their smartphones every day to exchange messages with her …
Google Straps Aclima Sensors To Street View Cars To Map Air Pollution
Josh Constine / TechCrunch :
Kim Dotcom no longer involved with Mega, plans to create open-source, non-profit competitor
Open Source This Time Martin Brinkmann / gHacks Technology News : File Hoster Mega not secure anymore? Jessica Conditt / Engadget : Kim Dotcom promises to launch an open-source competitor to Mega (upd...
India's Snapdeal, an Amazon Competitor, Raises $500 Million From Alibaba, Foxconn and SoftBank
Alibaba finally has its ally in India, perhaps the world's hottest e-commerce market. — The Chinese e-commerce giant has invested in Snapdeal, an India-based e-commerce startup …
Hackers find vulnerabilities in Industrial Ethernet Switches used in hydroelectric dams, nuclear power plants
Patrick Howell O'Neill / The Daily Dot :
Microsoft Said to Invest About $100 Million in Startup Uber
Bloomberg Erika Morphy / Forbes : Microsoft's Investment In Uber Is A Head Scratcher Seeking Alpha : Uber closes funding round at $51B valuation; Microsoft reportedly invests (updated) Andy Weir / Neo...
Yahoo Will Acquire Fashion Startup Polyvore
I'm excited to share … Rachel King / ZDNet : Yahoo nabs social shopping site Polyvore to boost digital ad strategy Tyler Lee / Ubergizmo : Yahoo Gets Into Fashion, Acquires Polyvore New York Times : Y...
Frontback announces they will not shut down, after signing an agreement with a new partner
Biz Carson / Business Insider :
Trevor O'Brien, the Product Lead Running All Twitter Apps, Is Departing
Kurt Wagner / Re/code :
Lyft forgoes global expansion in favor of U.S. market domination
Heather Somerville / Mercury News : Tweets: @sbyrnes , @jonrussell and @glennf Tweets: Sean Byrnes / @sbyrnes : “Lyft, by comparison, is worth $2.5 billion and has raised about $1 billion.” Holy Dilu...
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2025 marked 11 years of building a customer experience platform designed to support organizations as customer expectations, channels …
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